Wringer



V. GEHRLEIN WRINGER Filed Sept. 29', 1927 I VEN TOR. 1AM h a;

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Patented Nov. 1 0, 1931,

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A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings a as follows Fig. 1 shows a front elevation of the wringer. v

Fig. 2 a section on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 a face view of one of the side-stiles. 1

Fig. 4 a section on .the line 4-4 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 a section on the line 5-5 in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 a section on the line 66 in Fig. 4. 1 marks the base of the frame, 2 the side stiles, 2a a plate for attaching the wringer to a support,3 and 4 the bottom and top wringer rolls respectively, 5- the top bar, 6 the tension spring, and 7 the tension screw. These parts, except as hereinafter noted, may be of common construction. The side stiles are made up of a. channel, or box form having war the outer face plate 8, the front and rear face plates 9 and the inner guide flanges 10which.

extend along each side of a vertical slot in which the roll shafts operate, a power shaft 13 extending through a perforation 12 in the outer plate 8. The lower end of the stile below the slot 11 is box-shaped. A lower bearing 14 is arranged in theside stile and my hand.

stiles at 18 and are secured to the sidewalls of. the stiles preferably by spot welding.

The upper bearings 19 are guidedin the In a. wringer, the combination of a side stile of channel form havingdips struck up on opposite walls thereofiforming upwardly faced shoulders; and a lower wringer bearing resting on sald shoulders.

In testimony whereof I have. hereunto set VINCENT GEHRLEIN.

rests upon lips 15 which are struck up in the sheet; metal. The bearing has a metal plate 16 at its lower end to form a better'support for the bearing materialwhich is usually Wood.- By striking up these bearing supports 15- directly in the metal on opposite walls an accurate base is provided .or the bearing so as to present an even bearing sur- 1 I face throughout the length of contact with the shaft. The base of the wringer is of channel form of the channel is separated from the. side flan es at the end an the web is turned updlyat 17 and secured to the inner wall of the side stile by spot welding. The flanges from which the web ortion at 17 is separated extend along t e outer faces of the open at the bottom. The upper plate, or web, A 

